JP2006115970A - Drug dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve medicine storage efficiency in a drug dispenser replenishing drugs in a plurality of medicine storage chambers from the upper surfaces, sorting and storing them and dispensing them from the bottom as necessary. <P>SOLUTION: The medicine storage chambers are provided with rectangular frame bodies 34 surrounding their sides respectively, the frame bodies 34 are vertically and horizontally disposed on medicine cassettes 30, spaces 37 are partially secured when disposed vertically and horizontally, and pushing members 35 pushingly moving the frame bodies 34 are provided alongside the frame bodies 34. Alternatively, when the multi-level medicine cassettes 30 and drug transfer devices 40 are formed, those are alternately disposed for every stage. The medicine cassette 30 and the medicine transfer device 40 in the same stage are mounted on a drawable shelf board 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a dispensing drug dispensing device that dispenses a dispensing drug into a large number of drug storage chambers / compartments and dispenses it as necessary. The present invention relates to a dispensing medicine dispensing device for performing medicine discharge from a medicine storage room from the bottom of the storage room.
This apparatus is suitable for automatically and sequentially discharging a so-called kit medicine in which several medicines are pre-combined in a fixed pattern. For example, a plurality of medicines are collected in one sheet. Although it is suitable for dividing and supplying a PTP packaging agent, it can also be applied to other pharmaceutical preparations such as eye drops and suppositories which do not require division. In addition to tablets such as pills and capsules, external preparations such as ointments with tubes, injections with ampoules and liquids with small bottles are also included in the preparations to be handled. They may be single items, many of the same type, or combinations of different types.

  A drug handing device is known as a device for replenishing tablets in a number of compartments / medicine storage chambers from the upper surface, storing them separately, and dispensing them from the bottom as needed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). This is a drug handing device comprising a pre-handing cassette configured to be drawable from the housing and an operating member that is disposed in the housing and receives the medicine from the pre-handing cassette. In addition to forming the chambers, the actuating member is configured to receive the medicine that has fallen and discharged from the compartments. The burden has been reduced, and the efficiency of drug handing work has improved.

  Further, it is a device for replenishing dispensing medicines from a top surface into a large number of medicine storage chambers / compartments and dispensing them from the bottom surface as needed. There are also known drug cassettes and drug dispensing devices that can be applied (see, for example, Patent Documents 2 and 3). This is a drug dispensing apparatus having a storage for storing a large number of drug cassettes and a drug collecting mechanism for collecting the drugs discharged from the drug cassettes. The medicine storage chambers are circulated and rotated so that the medicine is dropped from the discharge port at the fixed position. By this, dispensing into the separate storage, that is, dispensing into a number of medicine storage chambers manually It is easier to replenish medications.

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  However, such a conventional apparatus has advantages and disadvantages in the space arrangement of the medicine storage chamber and the compartment from the viewpoint of medicine storage efficiency. That is, in the former medicine handing device (see Patent Document 1), the partitioning chambers are arranged vertically and horizontally, so that the planar arrangement efficiency is good, but the operating members are installed almost all over the lower surface. Dissatisfaction with placement efficiency remains. On the other hand, since the medicine storage chambers are arranged in an annular shape, the planar arrangement efficiency is sacrificed, but the medicine storage chamber is rotated and rotated so that the medicine is dropped from the discharge port at the fixed position. The medicine receiving mechanism and the like are miniaturized, and the vertical surface placement efficiency is improved.

And in order to provide the medicine dispensing device for dispensing with good medicinal storage efficiency by combining the advantages of both, the medicinal container storage chamber is densely arranged in vertical and horizontal sections to improve the planar arrangement efficiency, It is conceivable to improve the efficiency of the vertical arrangement by circulating and rotating to the discharge port at the fixed position.
However, with the conventional fixed partitioning method, the medicine storage chambers arranged vertically and horizontally cannot be circulated and moved to the discharge port at the fixed position. If moved vertically and horizontally, the medicine storage chambers arranged vertically and horizontally can be moved to the discharge port at the fixed position in order, but in this case, since many medicine storage chambers fixed to each other move all at once, In the arrangement plane of the drug storage chamber, the extra peripheral area for escape must be secured not only in the pull-out direction at the time of arrangement replenishment but also in other directions, so that the area allocated to the drug storage room is reduced. Inevitably, there is no room for improving the planar arrangement efficiency.

  Therefore, in order to improve the drug storage efficiency of the dispensing drug dispensing device that replenishes dispensing drugs from the upper surface into a large number of drug storage chambers, stores them separately, and dispenses them from the bottom as necessary. It is technically possible to change the partitioning method and the moving method of the medicine storage chamber so that the medicine storage chamber can be moved to the discharge port at the fixed position in a circular and sequential manner even in the medicine storage chamber in such a flat arrangement as well as vertically and horizontally. It becomes a difficult task.

  The dispensing drug dispensing device of the present invention (Solution means 1) was devised to solve such a problem, and holds a large number of drug storage chambers whose top and bottom surfaces are open, and its movement path. A medicine cassette in which a medicine discharge port is formed at a fixed position inside and supported so as to be able to be pulled out from the casing, and a medicine collection provided in the casing for receiving and collecting the medicine dropped and discharged from the medicine outlet In the dispensing medicine dispensing device provided with a mechanism, each of the medicine storage chambers is provided with a rectangular frame surrounding the side surface thereof, and these frames are arranged vertically and horizontally on the medicine cassette and are arranged in the vertical and horizontal arrangement. A space is secured in the part, and a pushing member that pushes and moves the frame is provided beside the frame.

  The dispensing medicine dispensing device according to the present invention is (Solution means 2), which is the dispensing medicine dispensing apparatus according to Solution 1, wherein the medicine cassette is provided in multiple stages, and the received dispensing medicine is moved horizontally. A large number of drug transport devices to be included are included in the drug collection mechanism corresponding to the drug cassette, and the drug cassette and the drug transport device are alternately arranged at each stage.

  Further, the dispensing medicine dispensing device of the present invention is (Solution means 3), which is the dispensing medicine dispensing apparatus of the above solution means 2, and corresponds to any one of the medicine cassettes and the medicine cassette in the upper stage thereof. One of the conveying devices is mounted on a support member that can be pulled out.

  In such a dispensing medicine dispensing device of the present invention (Solution 1), the dispensing medicine is replenished from the top surface into a large number of medicine storage chambers and stored separately and dispensed from the bottom surface as necessary. In order to make it possible, the medicine holding chamber which has a large number of open top and bottom surfaces is formed, a medicine discharge port is formed at a fixed position in the moving path, and the medicine is supported so that it can be pulled out from the housing. It has a cassette and a drug collection mechanism that is provided in the housing and receives and collects the medicine for dispensing dropped and discharged from the medicine discharge port. In order to further improve drug storage efficiency, the drug storage chamber is as follows. The partitioning and moving methods have been revised.

That is, each medicine storage chamber is provided with a rectangular frame surrounding its side surface, and these frames are arranged vertically and horizontally on the medicine cassette. A pushing member that is pushed and moved is provided on the side of the frame.
In this case, the medicine storage chambers are surrounded by a rectangular frame and are arranged vertically and horizontally, but the frames are provided for each medicine storage chamber and can be separated from each other, and a part of the vertical and horizontal arrangement is empty. Therefore, it is possible to move the frame and thus the medicine storage chamber by column or row by pushing an empty column or row with a pushing member. All frames can be placed on the movement path.

As a result, the medicine storage chambers arranged vertically and horizontally can be moved cyclically and sequentially to the discharge port at the fixed position. For this reason, the planar arrangement efficiency by the vertical and horizontal arrangement of the medicine storage chamber and the good vertical arrangement efficiency by the circulation movement of the medicine storage chamber to the discharge port at the fixed position are combined.
Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a dispensing medicine dispensing device with good medicine storage efficiency.

Moreover, in the medicine dispensing device for dispensing according to the present invention (Solution means 2), a horizontally moving medicine transport device is provided corresponding to each of the multi-stage medicine cassettes, and the medicine transport device is incompatible with the medicine transport device. By devising the arrangement and the like so that the medicine cassette comes, the wasteful empty space in the housing is reduced, and there is an advantageous effect that a medicine dispensing device with high medicine cassette storage efficiency can be realized.
Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a dispensing medicine dispensing device with better medicine storage efficiency.

Furthermore, in the medicine dispensing device for dispensing according to the present invention (Solution means 3), the medicine cassette and the medicine transporting device can be pulled out collectively for each stage without impairing the medicine cassette storage efficiency. There is an advantageous effect that it is possible to realize a medicine dispensing device that is easy to work.
Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a dispensing medicine dispensing device that has particularly good medicine storage efficiency and is easy to work with.

About such a chemical | medical agent dispensing apparatus for dispensing of this invention, the specific form for implementing this is demonstrated by the following Examples 1-2.
The embodiment 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 embodies all the above-described solving means 1 to 3 (claims 1 to 3 as originally filed), and the embodiment 2 shown in FIG. It is a modification.
In these drawings, for the sake of simplicity, fasteners such as bolts, coupling tools such as hinges, drive sources such as electric motors, transmission members such as timing belts, electric circuits such as motor drivers, controllers, etc. The electronic circuit and the like are not shown in the figure, and those necessary and related to the explanation of the invention are mainly shown.

  About the Example 1 of the chemical | medical agent dispensing apparatus for dispensing of this invention, the specific structure is demonstrated with reference to drawings. FIG. 1 shows the structure of the apparatus, where (a) is a front view, (b) is a front view with the front door and panel removed, (c) is an odd-numbered cross-sectional plan view, and (d) is an even number. FIG. 3E is a side plan view of the stage with the side panel removed. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of even stages.

  This medicine dispensing device 10 (see FIG. 1A) is provided with a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped casing, with the upper part being a control unit 11, the middle being a hangar 12, and the lower part being a transporter transport unit 13. ing. The control unit 11 (see FIG. 1B) includes a controller (dispensing information processing device, control device) including a microprocessor system, an operation member such as a stop switch, a detection member such as an open / close sensor on the front door, an LED A display member such as an LCD is provided.

  The transporter transport unit 13 (see FIG. 1B) is provided with a transporter transport device 14 composed of, for example, a belt conveyor or a transfer robot. The transporter transport device 14 receives the transporter 15 from a transporter supply device (tray supplier) or a transporter relay device (dispensing machine) (not shown) adjacent to the upstream side, and transfers it to the input position of the collected medicine. It is sent out to an adjacent unillustrated transporter storage device (trace stocker) or other transporter relay device (dispensing machine). The transporter 15 includes a flat tray having an open upper surface, a deeper box (tray, box), and the like, and is made, for example, by plastic molding. It may be formed with a hook or a step for easy transportation and stacking.

  The hangar 12 (see FIG. 1B) occupies most of the apparatus, and a large number of shelves 20 (support members) are installed in the horizontal state. In the illustrated example, nine shelf boards 20 are arranged in multiple stages in a vertical row. That is, the shelves 20 are lined up and down at predetermined intervals, that is, at a constant pitch as shown or at an unequal pitch although not shown. Each shelf 20 is supported at both left and right ends by drawer members 21 such as drawer rails, and can be pulled out freely by opening the front door and holding the handle 22.

  In the hangar 12 (see FIGS. 1B to 1D), the drug cassettes 30 are stored in multiple stages, and a drug collection mechanism (40 + 17 + 14) for collecting the drugs discharged from each drug cassette 30 is also stored. Yes. The drug collection mechanism includes a large number of drug transport devices 40 provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the drug cassette 30, and each drug transport device 40 corresponds to the drug cassette 30 in the immediately upper stage. The medicine dropped from the corresponding outlet 33 of the medicine cassette 30 is received, horizontally moved forward, and guided to the drop guide member 17.

  The drop guide members 17 are also included in the medicine collection mechanism, and in the illustrated example (see FIGS. 1C and 1D), two drop guide members 17 are provided on the inside of the left and right front doors. In either case (see FIG. 1 (e)), the medicine extends vertically or vertically in the hangar 12, and guides the medicine received from the medicine transportation device 40 to the transporter transportation section 13. The tip of the medicine discharge port at the lower end is the above-described collection drug input position, and the transport device 14 transfers the transport device 15 to receive the collected drug. In the example shown in the drawing, the two front positions in the transporter transport unit 13 are the input positions.

  The drug cassette 30 (see FIGS. 1C and 1D) includes a large rectangular fixed frame 31 such as a square or a rectangle, and a large number of rectangular but small drug storage chambers. A fixed frame 31 is attached to the upper surface of the shelf board 20 so that it can be freely pulled out from the housing. A large number of partitioned drug storage chambers are held inside the fixed frame 31, and these drug storage chambers are all defined by individual frame bodies 34 so that they can be moved toward and away from each other and can be moved in a plane. It has become. The movable frame 34 inside the fixed frame 31 is arranged vertically and horizontally, for example, in five rows and three columns, and a pushing member 35 that pushes and moves the frame 34 so that the frame 34 can be moved forwardly and its A drive mechanism 36 is provided beside the movable frame 34 and the fixed frame 31, and a space 37 larger than the frame 34 is secured inside the fixed frame 31.

  Further, a discharge port 33 is formed in a fixed position in the movement path of the frame body 34, for example, at the third row in a row far from the drug delivery device 40, and when the frame body 34 moves there, The medicine stored in the medicine storage chamber falls from the discharge port 33 to the corresponding medicine transporting device 40 in the lower stage. Therefore, the size of the discharge port 33 in plan view is larger than the inner dimension of the frame body 34 and smaller than the outer dimension of the frame body 34. The drug cassette 30 and the drug transport device 40 are mounted on the shelf 20 side by side at each stage, and at this time, the drug cassette 30 and the drug transport apparatus 40 are alternately switched at each stage. State arrangement is adopted.

  That is, in the example shown in the figure, the drug cassette 30 is placed on the left side and the drug delivery device 40 is placed on the right side in the odd stages (see FIG. 1C), whereas the drug cassette 30 is placed on the right side in the even stages. The drug delivery device 40 is placed on the left side (see FIG. 1D). Corresponding to this arrangement, the discharge port 33 is also formed on the left side in odd stages and on the right side in even stages. Although illustration is omitted, the arrangement may be reversed between the odd and even stages.

  Of course (see FIG. 1 (b)), even if the drug cassette 30 is present at the top, there is no drug transport device 40, and even when the drug transport device 40 is present at the bottom, there is no drug cassette 30. A printer 16 for printing dispensing information is mounted on the bottom shelf 20 (see FIGS. 1B and 1E) instead of the medicine cassette 30. The printer 16 is installed in such a way that when the printed matter is discharged, it naturally enters the transporter 15 at the collection drug input position.

  The structure of the drug transport device 40, the drug cassette 30, and the shelf board 20 in each stage will be described in detail. The drug transport device 40 (see FIG. 2) is a drug that has dropped from the drug cassette 30 in the immediately upper stage through the discharge port 33. The left and right side surfaces and the rear rear surface are covered with a surrounding plate 41, and a belt conveyor 42 is provided on the bottom surface portion. The belt conveyor 42 is attached to the upper surface of the shelf board 20 and is driven by an electric motor (not shown).

  The medicine cassette 30 (see FIG. 2) may have its own bottom plate in addition to the fixed frame 31 that defines the four sides of the partition area, but in this example, the fixed frame 31 is fixed to the shelf plate 20. The flat portion 32 of the shelf plate 20 is also used as the bottom plate. Therefore, the discharge port 33 is formed on the shelf board 20 in the processing stage, and becomes a fixed formation in the medicine cassette 30 at the stage where the fixed frame 31 is attached to the shelf board 20. The large fixed frame 31 is often made of a metal material or the like, like the shelf board 20, but the small frame 34 is often made of resin or the like. However, the fixed frame 31 is larger than the frame 34 in a plan view, and the height of the fixed frame 31 is lower than that of the frame 34 so as not to interfere with the pushing member 35 acting on the frame 34. ing.

  Each of the medicine storage chambers held in the medicine cassette 30 is individually surrounded on four sides by a frame 34. However, the medicine is replenished to the medicine storage chamber from the upper surface of the storage chamber and the medicine is discharged from the medicine storage chamber. The frame 34 has a rectangular tube shape so that the upper surface and the bottom surface are completely open. Appropriate chamfering is applied to the outer sides of the four corners of the frame body 34 so that the corners of the frame bodies do not impinge upon movement of the frame body 34 to hinder the movement or damage the corners. The typical size of the medicine storage room is 20 centimeters wide, several centimeters deep and tens of centimeters high, but it may be larger or smaller.

  In order to move the medicine storage chambers arranged vertically and horizontally in a cyclical and sequential manner, for example, the pushing member 35 is provided on the right front side and pushes the frame 34 corresponding to the right row to the rear, A pushing member 35b that is provided on the right rear side and pushes the frame 34 corresponding to one row to the left; a pushing member 35c that is provided on the left side and pushes the frame bodies 34 on the left two rows forward; It is divided into a pushing member 35d that is provided on the left front side and pushes the frame 34 for the previous line to the right. Each of these has a shape that does not interfere with each other and further does not interfere with the fixed frame 31. For example, these are mounted on a motor-driven endless belt stretched outside the fixed frame 31 and reciprocate. ing. The electric motor and the electric motor described above may be other driving members such as those driven by air pressure as long as they exhibit the necessary driving ability, but all operate according to the control of the controller described above. It has become.

  The controller manages prescription data from an attached input device (not shown), a higher-order prescription ordering system, a prescription order entry system, and the like, and the type and number of drugs stored in each drug cassette 30 The program, a program for controlling the operation of an electric motor or the like to pay out a medicine that can be dispensed by matching these data, and a program for causing the printer 16 to print dispensing information, that is, a medicine name and quantity relating to the dispensed medicine are installed. Yes.

  About the chemical | medical agent dispensing apparatus 10 for dispensing of this Example 1, the use aspect and operation | movement are demonstrated referring drawings. 3 (a) to 3 (k) are all even-level plan views, and FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a main part showing a dropping path of the medicine 50. FIG.

  Prior to use, when the medicine cassette 30 is empty (see FIG. 3 (a)), the medicine 50 is accommodated and replenished. When the printer 16 is out of paper, printing paper is set and replenished. The work can be easily performed even by manual work because the corresponding shelf board 20 is pulled out to expose the medicine cassette 30 and the printer 16 and can be performed from above. If the medicine 50 is, for example, a kit medicine that has been packed in advance, one bag is put into the medicine storage chamber surrounded by each frame 34 (see FIG. 3B). Although illustration is omitted, a plurality of bags may be used, a non-packed rose may be used, or a combination of a bag and a rose may be used. Examples of the drug 50 include various types such as ointments, infusions, and patches, in addition to typical ones such as tablets, powders, and injections. Distilled water or bandages may be included.

  When prescription data is given to the place where it is ready for use, the following automatic dispensing operation is performed according to the control of the controller. That is, (see FIG. 1), the transporter 15 is sent to the collected medicine input position below the drop guide member 17 by the transporter transport device 14. The transporter 15 may be supplied with an empty one from the transporter supply device, or may be sent for additional input from the other dispensing machine (transporter relay device) upstream. The received transporter 15 is confirmed using appropriate identification information such as a barcode, and is simply relayed if it does not correspond to the payout of the own device, and is transferred to the collected medicine input position if applicable. In the apparatus of this example, since there are two collection drug input positions on the left and right, the transporter 15 moves between the two positions as necessary.

  In addition, for the medicine cassette 30 that contains the medicine 50 specified by the prescription, the frame 34 in the medicine storage chamber moves, and the medicine 50 falls from the frame 34 that has come over the discharge port 33. After the medicine 50 is dropped and discharged, the other frame 34 also moves cyclically to prepare for the next discharge. If the even-numbered plane arrangement is described in detail as a specific example (see FIGS. 3C to 3K), first, the frame 34 corresponding to one row on the right end placed on the linear movement path passing through the discharge port 33 is pushed. The medicine 50 is pushed backward by the moving member 35 a (see FIG. 3C), and thereby the medicine 50 falls from the frame body 34 that has come on the discharge port 33.

  When the pushing member 35a returns (see FIG. 3D), the pushing member 35b is actuated to push the innermost frame 34 in the right end row to the left (see FIG. 3E). When the pushing member 35b returns with a vacant space in the farthest right column (see FIG. 3 (f)), the pushing member 35d is actuated to fill the foremost vacant space in the right column. The frame body 34 is pushed rightward (see FIG. 3G). This prepares for the next discharge immediately.

  If it is necessary to discharge more medicine, the pushing member 35a is actuated again to push the frame 34 in the right end row backward (see FIG. 3 (h)). The medicine 50 falls from the frame 34 that has come to the position. Then (see FIG. 3 (i)), the pushing member 35b is actuated to push the innermost frame 34 in the right end row to the left, and the pushing member 35d is actuated to act on the frame in the foremost row. 34 is pushed to the right. Further, (see FIG. 3 (j)), in order to fill the space in the front row, the pushing member 35c is actuated to push forward the frame bodies 34 in the columns other than the right end row. When the pushing member 35c returns (see FIG. 3 (k)), preparations for immediately discharging the medicine again are made.

By repeating such a cyclic movement, the medicines 50 are dropped and discharged one by one or one set at a time from a large number of frames 34 arranged vertically and horizontally.
Then (see FIG. 4), the medicine 50 discharged from the medicine cassette 30 rides on the transport path of the medicine transporting apparatus 40 corresponding to the medicine transporting apparatus 40 in the immediately lower stage, that is, the discharged medicine cassette 30, and the medicine transporting apparatus 40 Is sent to the front drop guide member 17, is guided to the collected medicine input position by the drop guide member 17, and is put into the transporter 15.

When there are a plurality of corresponding medicine cassettes 30, the same medicine discharging operation is performed for each, and the required medicine 50 is collected in the transporter 15. At the same time or after waiting for confirmation of collection of the required medicine, the printer 16 prints the dispensing information, and the printed matter is also put into the transporter 15.
Thus, based on the prescription, the medicine 50 to be dispensed and the accessories useful for auditing are automatically dispensed and collected in the transporter 15. Then, by carrying out the carrier in the carrier transporting device 14, it is sent out to another downstream dispensing machine, a carrier storage device, an inspection device or the like.

  About the Example 2 of the chemical | medical agent dispensing apparatus for dispensing of this invention, the specific structure is demonstrated with reference to drawing. 5A is a perspective view of the frame 34 of the medicine storage chamber, FIG. 5B is a perspective view of the bottle 50 containing the liquid medicine stored therein, and FIGS. 5C to 5H are all even-numbered stages. FIG.

  This dispensing drug dispensing device is different from that of the first embodiment described above in that the four corners of the frame 34 of the drug storage chamber are rounded on both the outside and the inside (see FIG. 5 (a)). The point which added the partition 39 in the vertical and horizontal arrangement | positioning range of the body 34 (refer FIG.5 (c)), and the point which the discharge port 33 has moved to the forefront position of the right end row | line | column (refer FIG.5 (c)).

Such a frame 34 (see FIG. 5 (a)) is suitable for storing the medicine 50 having a bottle of a capacity of 50 ml or 100 ml, for example (see FIG. 5 (b)), and has rounded corners. Since it is gentle, undesired movement hindrance and corner damage are unlikely to occur.
Further, the partition 39 (see FIG. 5C) is provided between the columns in order to prevent the columns from being disturbed, but does not extend to the foremost row and the innermost row where movement to the left and right is performed.

In this case, since the discharge port 33 is located beside the pushing member 35a, the discharge port 33 is normally left open with respect to the frame 34 of the medicine storage chamber (see FIG. 5C). Thereby, medicine 50 can be replenished to all the frames 34 arranged vertically and horizontally (refer to Drawing 5 (d)).
And (refer FIG.5 (e)), while the pushing member 35b act | operates and the innermost frame 34 of a right end row is pushed to the left, the pushing member 35d act | operates and the frame of the foremost line When 34 is pushed rightward, the medicine 50 falls from the frame 34 that has come over the discharge port 33.

Then (see FIG. 3 (f)), the pushing member 35a is actuated to push the frame 34 in the right end row backward, and further (see FIG. 3 (g)), the pushing member 35b is actuated to act on the right end. When the innermost frame 34 of the row is pushed to the left and the pushing member 35d is actuated to push the frame 34 in the foremost row to the right, the frame that has come above the discharge port 33 The medicine 50 falls again from the body 34.
And (refer FIG.5 (h)), while the pushing member 35a act | operates and the frame 34 of a right end row | line | column is pushed back, the pushing member 35c also act | operates and the frame bodies 34 of rows other than a right end row | line | column operate | move. Once pushed forward, you are ready to immediately drain the drug again.
Thus, in this case as well, the desired medicine 50 is sequentially discharged from the frames 34 of a large number of medicine storage chambers arranged at a high density.

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In each of the above embodiments, the dispensed medicine 50 is loaded into the carrying device 15 and automatically carried out. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the carrying device 15 may be carried out manually. .
Although not described in the above embodiment, the mounting state of each member such as the drug cassette 30 and the drug transport device 40, the presence or absence of the drug 50 in the drug storage chamber 34, the drop of the drug 50, the transfer of the drug 50, etc. A sensor or the like for detection may be provided as appropriate, and status display or alarm generation may be performed according to the detection.

  Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the medicine 50 is naturally dropped by the drop guide member 17 at the time of collecting the medicine, but an elevating box may be provided instead of the drop guide member 17. In this case, the lifting / lowering box moves up and down in front of the medicine transporting device 40 to collect the medicine 50, and when loading into the transporter 15, the lifting / lowering box lowers to the collection medicine charging position and then opens the bottom plate to open the medicine. By releasing 50, the medicine 50 can be safely dispensed even if it contains fragile items such as ampoules.

About Example 1 of this invention, the structure of the chemical | medical agent dispensing apparatus for dispensing is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a front view with the front door and panel removed, (c) is an odd-numbered crossing It is a top view, (d) is a cross-sectional plan view of even-numbered steps, and (e) is a side view with the side panel removed. FIG. (A)-(k) all are even-level planar arrangement | positioning figures. It is a principal part expansion perspective view which shows the fall path | route of a chemical | medical agent. About Example 2 of this invention, (a) is a perspective view of the frame of a chemical | medical agent storage chamber, (b) is a perspective view of the place which accommodated the bottle with liquid medicine in it, (c)-(h) are all even numbers FIG.

Explanation of symbols

10: Drug dispensing device,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Control part, 12 ... Hangar, 13 ... Carryer conveyance part, 14 ... Carryer conveyance apparatus,
15 ... Transporter, 16 ... Printer, 17 ... Drop guide member (drug collecting mechanism),
20 ... shelf board (support member), 21 ... drawer member, 22 ... handle,
30 ... drug cassette, 31 ... fixed frame, 32 ... flat part, 33 ... discharge port,
34 ... Frame (medicine storage chamber), 35 ... Pushing member, 36 ... Drive mechanism,
37 ... empty, 38 ... bowl-shaped member, 39 ... partition,
40 ... Drug delivery device (medicine collection mechanism), 41 ... Enveloping plate, 42 ... Belt conveyor,
50 ... Drug (Dispensing drug)

Claims (3)

  A medicine cassette that holds a plurality of medicine storage chambers whose top and bottom surfaces are open, a medicine discharge port is formed at a fixed position in the movement path, and is supported so as to be able to be pulled out from the housing; In the dispensing medicine dispensing device provided with a medicine collecting mechanism for receiving and collecting the dispensing medicine dropped and discharged from the medicine discharge port, a rectangular frame body is provided in each medicine storage chamber. The frames are arranged vertically and horizontally on the medicine cassette, and a part of the frame is secured in the vertical and horizontal positions, and a pushing member for moving the frame by pushing is provided on the side of the frame. A pharmaceutical dispensing device for dispensing.   The drug cassettes are provided in multiple stages, and a number of drug transport devices that horizontally move the received drug for dispensing are included in the drug collection mechanism corresponding to the drug cassette, and the drug cassette and the drug transport device are A medicine dispensing apparatus, wherein the medicine dispensing apparatus is alternately arranged at each stage.   3. The medicine dispensing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein any one of the medicine cassettes and one of the medicine transporting devices corresponding to the medicine cassette on the upper stage are mounted on a support member that can be drawn out.

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