JP2020115939A - Medical label recognition device, medical label recognition system, and medical label recognition method - Google Patents

Abstract

A medical label recognition device, a medical label recognition system, and a medical label capable of efficiently performing a drug inspection work and preventing a medical accident caused by a human error due to a mistake of a drug or the like. The purpose is to provide a recognition method.
SOLUTION: A medical label recognition system 1 is mainly composed of a medical label recognition device 2, a personal computer 3, an installation tray 4 and a collection tray 5. The container A stored in the installation tray 4 is discharged from the installation tray 4 and installed on the container holding rotation roller 22. When the container holding rotation roller 22 starts to rotate, the medical label displayed on the container A is read by the reading unit 21 and collated with the drug information registered in the database. When the collation is completed, the discharge unit 23 is driven and the container A is collected in the collection tray 5.
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Description

The present invention relates to a medical label recognition device, a medical label recognition system, and a medical label recognition method. Specifically, a medical label recognition device, a medical label recognition system, and a medical label that can efficiently carry out drug inspection work and prevent medical accidents caused by human error due to mistakes in drugs, etc. It is a recognition method.

Various treatments are performed in the hospital, and one of them is drug treatment by injection. This is one of the methods for enhancing the therapeutic effect by directly administering the drug solution to the patient's body. The doctor creates a patient-specific prescription according to the patient's condition, and the injection drug is administered to the patient according to the instructions. The prescription of injection drug is changed every day according to the patient's condition.

In recent years, medical institutions have been drawing attention to an automatic injection drug payout system that automates the task of collecting injection drugs ordered by doctors (for example, Patent Document 1). Such an automatic injection drug delivery system automatically collects injection drugs, medicine bags, prescriptions, identification labels, etc. in a tray based on the order table related to the drugs entered by the doctor, and carries them out to the ward where the inpatient stays. It is a thing. By introducing an automatic injection drug delivery system, it is possible not only to manage the medication information of individual patients but also to reduce the work load and eliminate mistakes in the preparation of injection drugs that could lead to medical accidents. It is becoming popular, especially in large hospitals.

By the way, in recent years, the importance of tracking the distribution history (traceability) is increasing due to the increasing awareness of safety. In the medical field as well, the importance of keeping records of the use of pharmaceuticals, medical materials, etc. has always been touted, and regarding ambles and vials of specified biological products, biological products, and injectables (excluding biological products) With the obligatory storage management (storing period, etc.) of sales records such as drug names, specifications, lot numbers, etc., use records, such as barcodes, data carriers (medical labels) Is required to be displayed. With the spread of medical labels, for example, a medical label reading device for automatically reading medical labels displayed on ampoules and vials is being developed.

For example, the present applicant has proposed a medical label recognition device capable of automatically reading a medical label attached to a container such as an ampoule or a vial as shown in Patent Document 2. Specifically, when a container to which a medical label in which drug information is registered is attached is placed in the container loading chute, the container is rotatably held by two rotating rollers located below the container loading chute. In this state, the medical label attached to the container is read by the reading unit, the read registration information is collated with the database stored in the storage unit of the personal computer, and the specified drug information is displayed, for example, on the monitor of the personal computer. It is supposed to be displayed in.

Further, it is expected that the medical label recognizing device is used in combination with the above-mentioned injection drug dispensing system to improve the efficiency of the inspection work by the medical staff. That is, regarding the injectable drug of each patient delivered by the injectable drug delivery system, the injectable drug delivered by the pharmacist and the like in the injectable drug delivery system before being transported to the ward where the inpatient stays Inspection work is performed by matching the injection drug information registered in the database.

At the time of this inspection work, the pharmacist puts the container filled with the injection drug to be inspected into the medical label recognition device, and the information of the drug read by the medical label recognition device is added to the injection drug delivery system. The information is transmitted and the drug information is automatically inspected in the system. Therefore, it is possible to significantly improve the work efficiency by automating the conventional work of visually inspecting the information of the dispensed injection drug and the drug information registered in the injection drug dispensing system. It also helps prevent human error and prevents medical accidents.

JP 2006-230710 A JP, 2014-117317, A

By the way, as described above, the content of the prescription of the injection drug is changed daily depending on the patient's condition. Depending on the patient, not only one type of injectable drug but also multiple types of injectable drug may be administered at the same time.

In such a case, for example, five or more types of injectable drugs may be prepared as the injectable drugs delivered by the automatic injectable drug delivery system. When inspecting these dispensed plural types of injectables by using the medical label recognition device disclosed in Patent Document 2, a pharmacist or the like may display one ampoule or one vial of the medical label. It needs to be read by the recognition device.

Therefore, if the number of types of injectables to be inspected increases, it takes time to perform the inspection work performed at one time, and it becomes impossible to know which injection drug was inspected during the inspection work. The work had to be redone, and it was not always efficient.

The present invention was devised in view of the above points, and can efficiently carry out drug inspection work, and prevent medical accidents caused by human error due to mistakes of drugs, etc. An object of the present invention is to provide a medical label recognition device, a medical label recognition system, and a medical label recognition method.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the medical label recognition device according to the present invention has n container-holding rotary rollers (n is an integer of 2 or more) that are arranged adjacent to each other so that their rotary axes are substantially parallel to each other. And a medical label displayed on the container held between the container-holding rotary rollers forming a pair among the container-holding rotary rollers can be read, and is separated from the container-holding rotary roller. A reading unit that is installed at a position and a pressing unit that is movable in a gap formed between the pair of container-holding rotating rollers and that presses the container held between the container-holding rotating rollers. And a discharge part having.

Here, by providing n container holding rotating rollers (n is an integer of 2 or more) that are arranged adjacent to each other so that the rotation axes are substantially parallel to each other, a pair of n container holding rotating rollers is provided. A container to be read can be installed between the two container-holding rotating rollers.

In addition, by rotating the container-holding rotation roller in a predetermined direction around the rotation axis, the container installed between the pair of container-holding rotation rollers also rotates. Even if the medical label is attached to any position, it can be read by the reading unit described later.

In addition, the medical label displayed on the container held between the pair of container holding rotary rollers can be read, and the medical label is installed at a position separated from the container holding rotary roller. As described above, the medical label attached to the outer periphery of the container can be read by providing the read unit.

Since the reading unit is installed at a position separated from the container-holding rotary roller, the reading range is wide, and even if a plurality of containers are installed on the container-holding rotary roller, these multiple It is possible to simultaneously read the containers.

Further, by providing a discharge unit having a pressing unit that presses the container held between the container holding rotation rollers, by pressing the container by the pressing unit after the reading operation by the reading unit is completed, Can be discharged from the rotating roller for holding the container.

Further, the pressing portion is movable in the gap formed between the pair of container-holding rotary rollers, so that when the reading portion reads the container, the pressing portion is held by the container-holding rotary roller. When the reading operation by the reading unit is completed, the pressing unit is moved from one end to the other end of the container holding rotary roller to press the container and discharge it to the other end side. It becomes possible.

In addition, the discharge unit has a rotation axis substantially orthogonal to the rotation axis of the container-holding rotation roller, a pair of pulleys disposed on one end side and the other end side of the container-holding rotation roller, and a span between the pair of pulleys. In the case of having an endless belt that is passed over and the pressing portion is installed on the surface, the pressing portion installed on the surface of the endless belt can be driven by the pulley.

In addition, when (n-1) pieces (n is an integer of 2 or more) are installed, the pressing portion corresponds to all of them even when a plurality of containers are installed on the container holding rotation roller. Since there are a number of pressing portions, it is possible to press and eject all the containers installed on the container holding rotary roller by one driving operation.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the medical label recognition system according to the present invention has n container-holding rotary rollers (n is 2 or more) arranged adjacent to each other on a horizontal plane so that their rotary axes are substantially parallel to each other. Of the container holding rotary roller, the medical label displayed on the container held between the pair of container holding rotary rollers can be read and separated from the container holding rotary roller. And a pressing unit that is movable in a predetermined gap formed between the pair of container-holding rotating rollers and that presses the container held between the container-holding rotating rollers. A medical label recognition device having a discharge section including, a database in which drug information to be placed on the tray is registered, drug information registered in the database and registered in the medical label read by the reading unit. And a terminal device having a collating unit that collates the existing drug information.

Here, the medical label recognition device includes n container-holding rotation rollers (n is an integer of 2 or more) that are adjacently arranged on a horizontal plane so that the rotation axes are substantially parallel to each other. The container to be read can be installed between two paired container-holding rotary rollers.

In addition, by rotating the container-holding rotation roller in a predetermined direction around the rotation axis, the container installed between the pair of container-holding rotation rollers also rotates. Even if the medical label is attached to any position, it can be read by the reading unit described later.

In addition, the medical label recognition device can read the medical label displayed on the container held between the pair of container-holding rotary rollers, and can read the medical label. By having the reading unit installed above the roller, the medical label attached to the container can be read as described above.

Since the reading unit is installed at a position separated from the container-holding rotary roller, the reading range is wide, and even if a plurality of containers are installed on the container-holding rotary roller, these multiple It is possible to simultaneously read the containers.

In addition, the medical label recognition device has a discharging unit including a pressing unit that presses the container held between the container holding rotation rollers, so that the pressing unit can be used after the reading operation by the reading unit is completed. By pressing the container, the container can be discharged from the container holding rotating roller.

Further, since the terminal device has the database in which the drug information to be dispensed is registered, the drug information to be prescribed can be registered in the database in association with the patient information.

In addition, the terminal device has a collating unit that collates the drug information registered in the database with the drug information registered in the medical label read by the reading unit, so that the drug information registered in the database and the database It is possible to collate the drug information registered in the medical label displayed on the container filled with the dispensed drug based on the registration information of. Therefore, the inspection work of the dispensed medicine can be efficiently performed.

In addition, the discharging unit determines whether the pressing unit is driven when the pressing unit is driven when it is determined that the medicine information registered in the database by the collating unit and the medicine information read by the reading unit match. Accordingly, the result of the inspection work can be confirmed. That is, when the pressing unit is driven, it is possible to recognize that the inspected medicine is the medicine dispensed according to the database. On the other hand, if the pressing unit does not drive, it is possible to warn the operator of another inspection work assuming that the medicine filled in the container to be inspected does not match the medicine information registered in the database. it can.

In addition, the medical label recognition system has openings formed on the upper surface and the bottom surface, and a plurality of partition sections partitioned by side walls, a closing plate section for closing the opening section on the bottom surface, and a closing plate section that can be opened and closed. If the container has an opening/closing mechanism that supports it and a container filled with a medicine labeled with a medical label can be installed in the compartment, a container filled with the medicine dispensed to the installation tray according to the database. With respect to, the installation tray can be installed on the medicine holding rotary roller as it is.

That is, the container filled with the medicine is stored in each partition of the installation tray. In this state, the installation tray is installed as it is on the container holding rotating roller, and the opening/closing mechanism is operated to open the closing plate part of each partition part in the opening direction. It is installed on each of the holding rotary rollers. Therefore, it is not necessary to manually install the containers housed in the installation tray one by one on the container-holding rotary roller, so that the efficiency of the inspection work can be improved.

If the other end of the container-holding rotation roller has a collection tray that stores the container pushed out by the pressing unit, the reading unit completes the reading and the pressing unit is driven to rotate the container holding rotation. When the container is discharged from the roller, the discharged container can be collected in the collection tray. The containers collected in the collection tray can be directly transported to the ward where the inpatient stays.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the medical label recognition method according to the present invention has n container-holding rotary rollers (n is an integer of 2 or more) that are arranged adjacent to each other so that their rotary axes are substantially parallel to each other. Among them, a step of installing a container labeled with a medical label between a pair of rotating rollers for holding a container, a step of rotating the rotating roller for holding a container, and a step of displaying on the rotating container A step of reading the medical label by the reading part, a step of collating the first drug information registered in the database with the second drug information read by the reading part, and a pair of the container holding rotary rollers. Driving a discharge part including a pressing part movable from one end to the other end of the container holding rotary roller in a gap formed between the container holding roller and the container holding rotary roller by the pressing part; And a step of discharging.

Here, among the n container-holding rotation rollers (n is an integer of 2 or more) that are arranged adjacent to each other on the horizontal plane so that the rotation axes are substantially parallel to each other, the pair of two container-holding rotations is rotated. By providing the step of installing the container on which the medical label in which the predetermined information is registered is displayed between the rollers, the container to be inspected can be installed on the rotating roller for holding the container.

Further, by providing the step of rotating the container holding rotary roller, the container held by the container holding rotary roller can be rotated. Therefore, even if the medical label displayed on the container is attached at a predetermined position, the medical label can be easily read by the reading unit described later by rotating the container.

Further, by including the step of reading the medical label displayed on the rotating container with the reading unit, as described above, the container also rotates with the rotation of the container holding rotating roller, and at this time, the container is attached. The reading unit can read the existing medical label.

Further, by providing the step of collating the first medicine information registered in the database with the second medicine information read by the reading unit, the medicine information registered in the database and the registration information of the database are provided. The drug information registered in the medical label displayed on the container filled with the dispensed drug can be collated. Therefore, the inspection work of the dispensed medicine can be efficiently performed.

Further, by providing a step of driving a discharge portion including a pressing portion movable from one end to the other end of the container holding rotary roller in the gap formed between the pair of container holding rotary rollers, After the reading operation by the reading unit is completed, the container can be ejected from the container holding rotary roller by pressing the container with the pressing unit.

Further, by providing a step of discharging the container from the container holding rotary roller by the pressing unit, as a result of the inspection, the medicine filled in the container to be inspected and the medicine information registered in the database registered in the database match. In this case, since the container is automatically discharged from the container holding rotary roller, the efficiency of the inspection work can be improved.

Further, the step of driving the discharging section may be performed according to the driving status of the pressing section when the discharging section is driven when it is determined that the first medicine information and the second medicine information match in the collating step. The result of the inspection work can be confirmed. That is, when the pressing unit is driven, it is possible to recognize that the inspected medicine is the medicine dispensed according to the database. On the other hand, when the pressing unit is not driven, it is possible to warn the operator of another inspection work assuming that the medicine filled in the container to be inspected does not match the medicine information registered in the database. ..

The medical label recognition device, the medical label recognition system, and the medical label recognition method according to the present invention efficiently perform the inspection work of the medicine, and the medical accident caused by the human error due to the mistake of the medicine or the like is caused. Can be prevented.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a medical label recognition system to which the present invention is applied. It is a front view of a medical label recognition device to which the present invention is applied. It is a top view of a medical label recognition device to which the present invention is applied. It is a side sectional view of a medical label recognition device to which the present invention is applied. It is an installation tray to which the present invention is applied, (a) is a plan view and (b) is a front view. It is a figure which shows a mode that a container falls from the installation tray to which this invention is applied, (a) shows a mode of operating the operating part, and (b) shows a mode of opening and closing the lid part by the operating part and dropping the container. It is a figure. It is a block diagram which shows the structure in the personal computer in the medical label recognition system to which this invention is applied.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, for the understanding of the present invention. In each figure, for convenience of explanation, in a state where the medical label recognition device 2 is installed on the installation surface, an upward direction from the installation surface of the medical label recognition device 2 is an upward direction, and a direction opposite to the upward direction is a downward direction. , The axial direction represented by the upward direction and the downward direction is defined as the vertical direction, and the axial direction perpendicular to the vertical direction is defined as the horizontal direction.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, a medical label recognition system 1 according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied includes a medical label recognition device 2, a personal computer (terminal device) 3, an installation tray 4, and a recovery tray 5. Therefore, the medical label recognition device 2 and the personal computer 3 can communicate with each other wirelessly or by wire.

The medical label recognition device 2 reads the medical label displayed on the container A filled with the medicine and transmits the read result to the personal computer 3. The reading unit 21 and the container holding rotation are mainly used. It is composed of a roller 22 and a discharge unit 23.

The reading unit 21 includes, for example, a container A such as an ampoule, a vial, or a syringe, and a one-dimensional barcode, a two-dimensional barcode (hereinafter collectively referred to as “bar code”) that is a data carrier, or an RFID (Radio Frequency). It is a reading device that images and reads a medical label on which an ID identification code or the like is printed.

The reading unit 21 has an image pickup device for picking up an image of the medical label, and the image of the medical label picked up by the image pickup device is converted into a binary image for extracting the code. The medical label can be read by extracting and further decoding the data, and for example, even if a plurality of medical labels of the same type exist, it is possible to collectively read the data by imaging once. There is.

Here, the barcode and the RFID code displayed on the container A do not necessarily have to be attached to the container A as labels. For example, the barcode and the RFID code may be directly printed on the container A.

Further, the reading unit 21 does not necessarily need to be of an imaging system that collectively reads a plurality of medical labels by one imaging. For example, it may be an imaging method in which medical labels are read one by one and image processing is performed. However, in the case of an imaging method in which a plurality of medical labels are simultaneously read by batch imaging, when there are a plurality of medical labels to be read, the time required for the reading process can be significantly reduced.

Further, the medical labels to be read at once are not limited to the same type. For example, different types of medical labels such as a one-dimensional barcode and a two-dimensional barcode may be read by a single image capturing.

The container-holding rotation rollers 22 are installed on the base 24 so that n rotation axes (n is an integer of 2 or more) are parallel to each other (8 rotations in FIG. 1). The container A to be read by the reading unit 21 is installed between the container holding rotary rollers 22.

The container holding rotary roller 22 is driven by a pair of pulleys 221 as shown in FIG. That is, the pulley 221 has one drive pulley 222a, a DC motor 224 for driving the drive pulley 222a, and driven pulleys 222b corresponding to the number of the container holding rotary rollers 22, and each of the drive pulleys 222a and 222b. An endless belt 223 is installed between the driven pulleys 222b. Each driven pulley 222b and the container-holding rotation roller 22 are connected by a shaft 225, and the driving force of the drive pulley 222a is transmitted to the driven pulley 222b by the endless belt 223, and further, the container-holding rotation is performed via the shaft 225. It is adapted to be transmitted to the roller 22.

The DC motor 224 can perform forward rotation drive, reverse rotation drive, and stop operation at a predetermined timing, and the drive speed can be arbitrarily changed. When the container holding rotating roller 22 is rotated, the container A installed between the adjacent container holding rotating rollers 22 is also rotated at the same time. At this time, the medical label displayed on the container A is read by the reading unit 21 located above.

The DC motor 224 has a known configuration, and for example, a permanent magnet field type DC motor that uses a permanent magnet is adopted as a method of generating a magnetic field inside the motor. That is, the rotor is composed of an iron core and a coil, and when an electric current is applied to the coil in a magnetic field, a torque is generated and the rotor rotates about a rotating shaft, and this rotating force is transmitted to the container holding rotating roller. It is configured to.

Here, it is not always necessary that eight container holding rotary rollers 22 are installed as shown in the embodiment of the present invention. The number of container-holding rotary rollers 22 to be installed can be appropriately changed according to the number of containers A to be read at one time.

Further, the container holding rotary roller 22 does not necessarily need to be driven by the pair of pulleys 221. For example, the DC motor 224 may be connected to the container holding rotary roller 22 via the shaft 225, and the driving force of the DC motor 224 may be directly transmitted to the container holding rotary roller 22.

Further, the DC motor 224 does not necessarily have to be composed of a permanent magnet field type DC motor. For example, it is possible to appropriately select from known motors such as a winding field type DC motor and a brushless DC motor.

As shown in FIG. 4, the discharge portion 23 is composed of a pair of pulleys 231 and a pressing portion 235 driven by the pulley 231. That is, the pulley 231 has a drive pulley 232a, a DC motor 234 for driving the drive pulley 232a, and a driven pulley 232b, and an endless belt 233 is installed between the drive pulley 232a and the driven pulley 232b. ..

The pressing portion 235 is installed on the endless belt 233, and when the drive pulley 232a is driven counterclockwise in FIG. 4 by the DC motor 234, the driving force is transmitted to the driven pulley 232b by the endless belt 233. At this time, the pressing portion 235 installed on the endless belt 233 moves from one end to the other end of the container holding rotating roller 22, and the container A installed on the container holding rotating roller 22 is pressed by the pressing portion 235. It is pressed and discharged to the collection tray 5.

A photoelectric sensor (not shown) including, for example, a light projecting unit and a light receiving unit may be installed on the other end side of the container holding rotary roller 22. That is, when the container A pressed by the pressing unit 235 passes through the other end of the container holding rotation roller 22, the light emitted from the light projecting unit is blocked and the amount of light reaching the light receiving unit changes. By detecting the change in the light amount at this time, it is possible to detect whether or not the container A is discharged.

Here, the non-contact sensor does not necessarily have to be installed. However, since the discharge of the container A to the collection tray 5 can be recognized in the system by providing the non-contact sensor, based on the signal processing due to the discharge of the container A as described above, for example, the rotating roller for holding the container is used. It is possible to execute drive control of the discharge device 22 and the discharge unit 23.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, the personal computer 3 includes a storage unit 31 and a monitor unit 32. In the storage unit 31, a database unit 311 in which drug information of drugs to be inspected is registered, It has a collating unit 312 for collating the drug information registered in the database unit 311 with the drug information registered in the medical label displayed on the container A read by the reading unit 21.

The information on the medical label displayed on the container A read by the reading unit 21 is transmitted to the personal computer 3 and collated with the drug information registered in the database unit 311 by the collation unit 312. Then, when the information of the medical label read by the reading unit 21 and the drug information registered in the database unit 311 match as a result of the matching by the matching unit 312, the information is transmitted to the discharging unit 23, The DC motor 234 that drives the pressing portion 235 starts driving, and the container A is pressed by the pressing portion 235 and discharged from the medical label recognition device 2.

On the other hand, when the information of the medical label read by the reading unit 21 and the drug information registered in the database unit 311 do not match as a result of the matching by the matching unit 312, the information is transmitted to the discharging unit 23, At this time, the DC motor 234 that drives the pressing portion 235 is not driven.

As described above, the pressing unit 235 is driven or non-driven depending on the result of the matching by the matching unit 312, so that the administrator grasps the matching result in the matching unit 312 according to the driving state of the pressing unit 235. can do.

Here, it is not always necessary to drive or not drive the pressing portion 235 according to the result of the matching by the matching unit 312. For example, when the reading by the reading unit 21 is completed, the pressing unit 235 may be constantly driven to eject the container A, and the matching result by the matching unit 312 may be displayed on the monitor unit 32.

The installation tray 4 stores a container A filled with the medicine dispensed from a medicine dispenser (not shown). As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the installation tray 4 has an opening formed on the upper surface and the bottom surface inside the main body portion 47, and a plurality of partition portions 45 partitioned by the side wall portion 41. Has been formed. Further, it has a closing plate portion 44 that closes an opening on the bottom surface, and the closing plate portion 44 can be opened and closed by an opening/closing mechanism described below.

Here, the dispensing of the medicine does not necessarily have to be dispensed from the dispensing machine. For example, the worker may manually collect necessary medicines based on a form that has been tabulated by the medicine management system.

The opening/closing mechanism will be described in detail. First, the base end portion of the closing plate portion 44 is connected to the side wall portion 41 by a biasing means such as a leaf spring (not shown), and thus the closing plate portion 44 is always biased in the closing direction. ing. An arcuate sliding groove portion 46 is formed in the front wall portion 42 and the rear wall portion 43 of the installation tray as shown by the solid lines in FIGS. 5B and 6B. A protrusion 47 attached to a predetermined position of the closing plate 44 is engaged with the sliding groove 46, and the protrusion 47 is configured to be slidable from one end to the other end of the sliding groove 46. ing.

The operation portion 48 has a pair of arm portions 481 and a handle portion 482 that connects the arm portions 481 and has a substantially U-shape in a plan view. As shown by the dotted lines in FIGS. 5B and 6B, the arm portion 481 can be inserted with the protrusion 47 extending from the closing plate portion 44, and the protrusion 47 An elongated groove portion 483 is formed to secure a clearance when sliding along the sliding groove portion 46.

To change the closing plate portion 44 from the closed state to the open state, the operating portion 48 is translated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 6A while the closing plate portion 44 is biased in the closing direction. The protruding portion 47 of the closing plate portion 44 slides through the sliding groove portion 46 from one end to the other end, and at this time, the bottom surface is opened, so that the container A falls onto the container holding rotary roller 22. ..

In this way, the installation tray 4 is partitioned by the partition part 45, and the bottom surface is configured to be opened and closed by the opening/closing mechanism, so that the container A can be stored in each partition part 45 and the installation tray is When the operation portion 48 is operated to operate the closing plate portion 44 in the opening direction in a state in which 4 is installed above the container holding rotation roller 22, the container A stored in the partition portion 45 drops from the opening portion and the container It can be installed on the holding rotation roller 22.

Here, the bottom surface of the installation tray 4 does not necessarily have to be opened and closed by the closing plate portion 44. However, since the bottom surface of the installation tray 4 can be opened and closed by the closing plate portion 44, the installation work of the container A stored in the installation tray on the container holding rotary roller 22 can be efficiently performed.

Further, the opening/closing mechanism of the closing plate portion 44 of the installation tray 4 is not necessarily limited to the above-mentioned configuration. The opening/closing mechanism is not particularly limited as long as the bottom surface can be opened and closed and the container A housed in the compartment 45 can be discharged from the bottom surface.

The collection tray 5 is adjacent to the base 24 and is installed on the other end side of the container holding rotation roller 22 (the side from which the container A is discharged). Similar to the installation tray 4, the recovery tray 5 has partition parts 52 formed by the side wall parts 51, and the container A discharged from the discharge part 23 is stored in each partition part 52. In this way, the container A recovered by the recovery tray 5 is carried out as it is to the ward where the inpatient stays.

The above is the configuration of the medical label recognition system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Next, a medical label recognition method using the medical label recognition system 1 will be described. The medical label recognition method using the medical label recognition system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is mainly performed in the following procedure.

<Paying the container to the installation tray>
First, a container A filled with a drug to be prescribed for each patient registered in advance is dispensed from a dispenser (not shown) and placed in each of the compartments 45 of the installation tray 4.

<Read database>
Drug data to be inspected registered for each patient is read from the database unit 311. As the drug data, for example, when the name of the patient is input, drug information to be prescribed and the prescription time are displayed on the monitor unit 32, and the operator confirms the information displayed on the monitor unit 32 to perform the inspection work. Execute.

<Installing the container on the medical label recognition device>
The installation tray 4 in which the container A is installed is installed on the container holding rotary roller 22 in the medical label recognition device 2, and the operation plate 46 operates the closing plate part 44 in the opening direction. At this time, the container A stored in the partition portion 45 falls from the bottom surface of the installation tray 4 and is installed between the adjacent container holding rotating rollers 22.

<Reading by the reading unit of the medical label displayed on the container>
When the container A is installed between the adjacent container holding rotary rollers 22 and the installation tray 4 is removed from the container holding rotary rollers 22, the container holding rotary rollers 22 start driving, and at the same time, the reading unit 21 starts reading. To do.

<Verification with database>
The information on the medical label displayed on the container A read by the reading unit 21 is transmitted to the collation unit 312 of the personal computer 3 and collated with the drug information previously read from the database unit 311 at this time. Be seen.

<Discharge of the container from the medical label recognition device>
When the medical label information read by the reading unit 21 and the drug information registered in the database unit 311 match, the information is transmitted to the discharging unit 23, and the DC motor 234 that drives the pressing unit 235 is driven. Then, the container A is pressed by the pressing portion 235 and discharged from the medical label recognition device 2.

On the other hand, when the information of the medical label read by the reading unit 21 and the drug information registered in the database unit 311 do not match as a result of the matching by the matching unit 312, the information is transmitted to the discharging unit 23, At this time, the DC motor 234 that drives the pressing portion 235 is not driven, and the container A is placed between the container holding rotary rollers 22. That is, it is possible to visually grasp the inspection result by driving or not driving the pressing portion 235.

As described above, the medical label recognition device, the medical label recognition system, and the medical label recognition method according to the present invention efficiently perform the inspection work of medicines, and cause medical accidents due to human error due to mistakes of medicines or the like. It can be prevented in advance.

1 Medical Label Recognition System 2 Medical Label Recognition Device 21 Reading Unit 22 Container Holding Rotating Roller 221 Pulley 222a Drive Pulley 222b Driven Pulley 223 Endless Belt 224 DC Motor 225 Shaft 23 Discharge 231 Pulley 232a Drive Pulley 232b Driven Pulley 233 Endless Belt 234 DC motor 235 Pressing part 24 Base 3 Personal computer 31 Storage part 311 Database part 312 Collating part 32 Monitor part 4 Installation tray 41 Side wall part 42 Front wall part 43 Rear wall part 44 Closure plate part 45 Partition part 46 Sliding groove part Reference Signs List 47 Protrusions 48 Controls 481 Arms 482 Handles 483 Long-hole grooves 49 Main body 5 Recovery tray 51 Side wall 52 Partition A Container

Claims (9)

N container-holding rotation rollers (n is an integer of 2 or more) arranged adjacent to each other so that the rotation axes are substantially parallel to each other;
The medical label displayed on the container held between the container holding rotary rollers forming a pair among the container holding rotary rollers is readable, and is located at a position separated from the container holding rotary roller. A reading unit installed,
A medical device, comprising: Label recognition device. The discharge part is
A rotating shaft is substantially orthogonal to the rotating shaft of the container holding rotating roller, a pair of pulleys arranged on one end side and the other end side of the container holding rotating roller,
The medical label recognition device according to claim 1, further comprising: an endless belt that is bridged between the pair of pulleys and has the pressing portion provided on a surface thereof. The medical label recognition device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein (n-1) pieces (n is an integer of 2 or more) are installed in the pressing portion. N container-holding rotary rollers (n is an integer of 2 or more) that are arranged adjacent to each other so that their rotary axes are substantially parallel to each other, and the container-holding rotary rollers forming a pair among the container-holding rotary rollers. A reading unit that can read a medical label displayed on a container held between and is provided between the reading unit installed at a position separated from the container holding rotation roller, and formed between the pair of container holding rotation rollers. A medical label recognizing device having a discharge part that is movable in the gap and that has a pressing part that presses the container held between the container holding rotating rollers,
A medical label including a database in which drug information is registered, and a terminal device having a collating unit that collates the drug information registered in the database with the drug information registered in the medical label read by the reading unit Recognition system. The discharge part is
The collating unit drives the pressing unit when it is determined that the drug information registered in the database and the drug information read by the reading unit match.
The medical label recognition system according to claim 4. The medical label recognition system,
An opening is formed on the top surface and the bottom surface, and includes a plurality of partition parts partitioned by sidewalls, a closing plate part that closes the opening part of the bottom surface, and an opening/closing mechanism that supports the closing plate part so as to be openable and closable The medical label recognition system according to claim 4 or 5, further comprising an installation tray capable of installing a container in the compartment. The medical label recognition device system according to any one of claims 4 to 6, further comprising a recovery tray for recovering the container pushed out by the pressing portion, on the other end side of the container holding rotation roller. A medical label is displayed between the pair of container-holding rotary rollers (n is an integer of 2 or more) among the n container-holding rotary rollers (n is an integer of 2 or more) that are arranged adjacent to each other so that their rotary axes are substantially parallel to each other The step of installing the prepared container,
Rotating the container holding rotary roller,
A step of reading a medical label displayed on the rotating container with a reading unit,
Collating the first drug information registered in the database with the second drug information read by the reading unit;
Driving a discharge part including a pressing part movable in a gap formed between the pair of container-holding rotary rollers;
And a step of ejecting the container from the container-holding rotary roller by the pressing portion. The step of driving the discharge part includes
The medical label recognition method according to claim 8, wherein, in the step of collating, when it is determined that the first drug information and the second drug information match, the discharging unit is driven.

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